Configuration to Be Consolidated

In this example, five applications are being consolidated onto a single system. The
target applications have resource requirements that vary, different user populations, and different architectures.
Currently, each application exists on a dedicated server that is designed to meet
the requirements of the application. The applications and their characteristics are identified in the
following table.

Application Description

Characteristics

Application server

Exhibits negative scalability beyond 2 CPUs

Database instance for application
server

Heavy transaction processing

Application server in test and development environment

GUI-based, with untested
code execution

Transaction processing server

Primary concern is response time

Standalone database instance

Processes a large
number of transactions and serves multiple time zones